Whiskey lovers will devour this fresh and comprehensive guide to everything there is to know about the world's whiskeys, including Scotch and bourbon as well as Tennessee, Irish, Japanese, and Canadian whiskeys. You'll learn about the types of whiskey and the distilling traditions of the regions where they are made, how to serve and taste whiskeys to best appreciate and savor them, how to collect and age whiskey for great results, and much more. There are even recipes for cocktails and suggestions for food pairings. This is the guide no whiskey drinker will want to be without!

Guardian Angel Gideon Black has found a new career since being granted his freedom from the Heavens. Working as a professional fighter has given Gideon a place to release his powers. However, he has another outlet in mind—Skylar Jones. For Skylar, Gideon is a fantasy man whom she never dreamed could be a reality, but a parking lot collision will end in a very unexpected way.

Winner, Arab American National Museum Book Award for Children's/YA Literature, among other awards and honors. "When a war ends it does not go away," my mother says."It hides inside us . . . Just forget!" But I do not want to do what Mother says . . . I want to remember. In this groundbreaking memoir set in Ramallah during the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, Ibtisam Barakat captures what it is like to be a child whose world is shattered by war. With candor and courage, she stitches together memories of her childhood: fear and confusion as bombs explode near her home and she is separated from her family; the harshness of life as a Palestinian refugee; her unexpected joy when she discovers Alef, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet. This is the beginning of her passionate connection to words, and as language becomes her refuge, allowing her to piece together the fragments of her world, it becomes her true home....

Dr. Rebecca Miller is devastated over her fiancé's affair...with her best friend. Country charm is the best medicine. Along with a good friend and a bottle of wine.  In the heart of wine country, four friends spice up their book club and create The Love List. Love is the last thing on Becca's mind until she's matched with Chase Tanner.  Chase discovers the love list and believes to be fooled. Can Becca convince him she really does love him?

Fire in one hand, ashes in the other Studious tutor Emmy McKay fell in love with Cash Kingston over a biology textbook, never expecting the high school football hero to give her a second thought. But his feelings for her burned just as hot. All too soon, Emmy's choices destroyed their youthful relationship, reducing it to a pile of ash. Years later, she has landed her dream job as an ER doctor in her hometown. Now it's time to win back her dream man. As a firefighter and tactical medic, Cash Kingston is no stranger to white-knuckle situations. But when he learns his beautiful—and brilliant—ex-girlfriend has returned to Steele Ridge, he feels as if he's standing on the roof of a blazing building. With no escape route in sight. Emmy is the only woman who's ever had the power to build him up one minute and burn him down the next. But when someone targets Emmy and they begin to suspect the danger stems from their past relationship, it's impossible...

There’s more than one kind of pleasure, and Alicia is eager to learn them all. Finding herself divorced, without a job and in a foreign country, Alicia decides to open her own business as a personal chef specializing in American-style food. Little does she know that her first important client, famed photographer Maverick Devonshire, will become far more than just her employer. Unable to resist his commanding manner, she follows him into his playroom. Once there, she discovers true empowerment and gains the confidence to become not only a successful businesswoman but also a true submissive. Learning quickly from the consequences administered by Mr. Devonshire and his associates, Alicia finds out that her clients are not the only ones who are Tasting Pleasure.

Three breaths before he pulled the trigger, he told me he loved me. Two breaths before, I told him I loved him. One breath later, everything was different. Zero breaths. That's how many I have left in this life. Zero. That's how many regrets I wish I had. Be careful today because sometimes, tomorrow never comes. ***NEVER COULD STOP is Jade Regali's story, a full-length new adult romance novel that can be read as either a stand-alone with no cliff-hanger and a happy ending, or as book number seven in the TASTING NEVER series, beginning with book #1, TASTING NEVER, or a three book box set of books #1-3, TASTING, FINDING, KEEPING: THE STORY OF NEVER. This book contains one lost girl, a brooding boy, and a love story mixed with some suspense and a whole lot of hope. It contains mild sex scenes, some violence and plenty of cursing. It also includes a boy with a skeleton tattoo, blue and black hair, and a voice deep and rumbling like thunder. More New Adult Romance by C.M. Stunich (aka Violet Blaze) 1. Stepbrother Inked (forbidden romance) by Violet Blaze 2. Kicked (sports romance) 3. Groupie (rockstars) 4. Beautiful Survivors (reverse harem) 5. Pack Ebon Red (fantasy) **

“Sometimes, the only way to go forward is to take a few, careful steps back.”Never Ross is a broken soul who doesn't need to be fixed. There's a monster inside of her, eating little bits of her everyday, and she can't seem to stop it. It makes her do things she doesn't want to do, say things she doesn't want to say.She's used to dating guys like Ty McCabe; he's one of the dangerous ones, the ones with pasts that burn like fire and melt everything around them. But there's something different about this soul with a sad smile and arms covered in butterfly tattoos, something that tantalizes Never's shattered spirit.When Ty and Never form a tentative, almost reluctant, friendship that opens the door on their dark sides and shows them what it's like to live in the light, they'll have to face the skeletons in their closets, fight back the blackness and see if two tortured souls desperate for a healing touch can connect into something beautiful.Broken doesn't always mean destroyed.***This is an omnibus edition with all three of the books from the original trilogy included as well as never-before-read short stories from Ty McCabe's POV as well as Never Ross's. The follow-up series, Never too Late, can be read after for more stories from the same characters. "Never Can Tell" is the first in that series.

In a new Winemaker Detective adventure, a serial killer stalks Bordeaux, signing his crimes with a wine-related ritual. The local police call on the famous wine critic Benjamin Cooker and the investigation leads them to the dark hours of France's history, as the mystery thickens among the once-peaceful vineyards of Pomerol.

Years of fantasizing about her sexy Sicilian neighbor, Lucio De Luca, is about to end—tonight. Beth Thomas has plans for the luscious vineyard owner. She knows he's not the commitment kind of guy and doesn't care. One night—an entire night if the bulge in his jeans is any indication—is all she needs. Or so she thinks. Will a taste quench her thirst or whet her appetite for more?

Joselyn and Dean have experienced loss, fame, heartache, and cancer. Now, as life settles around them, will they be able to truly experience one another - or will it be last call? *Tasting Nashville *Whiskey Bent *Whiskey Wedding

Could a dog's nose outperform the best wine critic in the world at judging wine? It's a conjecture that hotshot computer geek, Cory Wilder, decides to pursue. But, the daunting technical challenge of the task, plus escalating romantic jealousies and unforeseen business skulduggery, provide obstacles aplenty to thwart Cory and his brainy pals on their quest. Set in SF Bay Area, Napa and Sonoma.